Advertising wheel



0. W. JONES.

ADVERTISING WHEEL;

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 7, 1921.

Eatented July 11,1922.

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OSCAR W. J ONES, 0F CAMBRIDGE CITY, INDIANA.

ADVERTISING WHEEL.

Application filed February '7, 1921.

citizen of the United States, residing in Cambridge City, in the countyof Wayne and State of Indiana, have invented a new and novelconstruction for Advertising Wheels, of which the following is a full,clear, and comprehensive specification and exposition, the same beingsuch as will enable others to make and install the same with exactitude.

"The object of rny present invention,

broadly stated, in the provision of an advertising wheel, adapted to beoperated by the wind, and which is new and novel in construction,attractive in appearance, strong and durable in construction, and whichcan be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low price.

The device is in the nature of a wheel mounted to rotate horizontallybeing propelled by the wind, and upon the periphery of which a number ofadvertisements may be displayed whereby the attention of passers-by willbe attracted thereto, and also having means whereby the advertisementsmay be changed without disfiguring the mechanism and with very littletrouble and time devoted thereto.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will suggest themselves inthe course of the following description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, and as particularly pointed out in the appendedclaim.

The preferred means for carrying out the principles of my inventionin apractical manner is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure1 is a side elevation of my invention. Figure 2 is a top plan view ofthe device. Figure 3 is a central cross section as taken on the line 3-3of Fig. 2. And Figure 4 is an enlarged detail horizontal section takenthrough one corner of the device.

Similar indices denote like parts throughout the several views.

In order that the construction, the operation, and the advantages of myinvention may be more fully understood and appreciated, I will now takeup a detailed description thereof in which I will set forth the severalparts as fully as I may.

Referring now to the drawings in detail: Numeral 1 denotes thesupporting post Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 11, 1922.

Serial No. 443,086.

which extends up vertically, and projecting upward from the upper end ofthe post 1 is the pivot 2.

Numeral 3 denotes the hub which has a central cavity or socket whichopens clownward and located concentric thereof, into which socket willfit the upper end of the pivot 2, the hub being adapted to rotatehorizontally on said pivot.

A set-screw L is inserted loosely through an aperture in the center ofthe top of the hub andit extends down into the center of the pivot 2whereby it prevents the hub from being lifted off of the pivot unlessthe screw the first removed.

Radiating out from the hub 3 are a plurality of spokes 5, each of whichis secured to a flange of the hub 3 by a pair of bolts 6.

Carried by the outer portions of all the spokes 5 is a sheet-metal band,which is bent to extend from spoke-to-spoke forming six display portions7, which are integral with each other, each extending from the outer endof one spoke to a point centerward from the end of the spoke nextthereto. The said band also forms the six wing portions 8, which arealso integral therewith. Each of said wing portions is formed by thatportion of said band which contacts with the side of a spoke andconnects the ends of two of the said display portions 7. Each of thewing portions 8 is parallel with the spoke 5 to which it is secured.

The outer ends of the spokes 5 are connected by means of bolts 9 to therespective wing portions 8, as is shown in Fig. 4:.

The upper and the lower edge portions of each of the display portions 7are bent outward and then toward each other forming the respective upperand lower lips 10 and 11, thereby providing channels to receive theedges of the display plates 12, each of which is adapted to cover theface of one of the display portions 7, substantially as inclicated inFigs. 3 and 4.

Mounted on the upper edge of each of the display portions 7 and over theouter end portions of the spokes 5 are the sheet metal cones 13, therebeing one over the outer portion of each of said spokes, each of thecones having its larger end directed in the same direction as the faceof the corresponding wing 8.

Advertising matter may be printed on the faces of the display portions 7and when the advertising matter has become old or out of date or changethereof is required, then the display plates 12, having the desiredprinted matter thereon, may be slid into place. over the display portion7 where they will be re tained by their respective lips 10 and 11 untilanother change is desired. a

It can now be seen that my invention,being arranged substantially as setforth, can be placed at the sides of roadways or at the intersections ofstreets, and that the movement of the air in any direction will causethe wheel to revolve, thereby bringing panoramically into view theseveral advertisements above mentioned, and it is apparent that themovement of the wheel will attract the attention of persons passing andcause them to read the advertisements, thereby accomplishing the,desideratum of this invention. 7

It is to be understood that various changes may be made in the severaldetails of construction without departing from the spirit of myinvention andwithout sacrificing any of the advantages thereof which arenew and useful and which involve invention.

Having now fully shown and described my invention, what I clai1n, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, 1s

A construction of the nature set forth comprising a vertical post, apivot extending up from theupper end of the post, a hub having a centralcavity to receive said pivot, a set-screw for securing the hub in placeon the pivot, a plurality of spokes radiating from the hub, a sheetmetal band connecting the outer ends of the spokes and bent to formdisplay portions each extending from the end of one spoke to the side ofthe spoke next thereto thereby forming wings each parallel with itsrespective spoke, all of said'dfisplay portions and wings being integralparts of said metal band, a removable plate adapted to be placed overthe face of each of said display portions, andflmeans' for retainingsaid plates removably 'in'position, all sub-V stantially as shown anddescribed,

In testimony whereof 'I have hereunto subscribed my,name to thisspecification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

oscAR w. JONES;

Witnesses: U s

R0131. W. RANDLE, R. E. RANDLE.

